At final count Friday morning when the competition closed, residents had submitted more than 2,000 entries on the agency's Facebook page.

The competition was so popular that SRSO had to send out a tweet late Thursday saying it had been inundated with name suggestions on multiple platforms, but only suggestions in Facebook comments would be considered.

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The winner, whose name hasn't been announced, will get a meet and greet with the puppies.

The dogs were donated by SRSO Capt. Jim Cotton and Maj. Randy Tifft, who will work with them as tracking dogs. The dogs will be trained to help locate suspects and find missing people, according to Sheriff Bob Johnson.